...Transmission re-established
Up in space, on-board the KND Moon Base, Soopreme Leader Numbah 362 was looking over a group of reports in concern. All across the world Child Villains, who were a small but formidable villain minority, had seemingly turned over a new leaf all at the same time. This was only a few weeks after the incident where Mandy had briefly seized control of the KND, so Rachel had a feeling that the evil little girl was behind this...
"Uh... Numbah 362 ma'am? You may want to look at this..." an operative spoke up from his position at a computer terminal, catching the Soopreme Leader's attention. What she saw made her gasp.
A massive armada of sleek, black and red spaceships were heading their way, and unlike the KND's cobbled together technology, each warship had a sleek, factory produced gleam to it. In the center of the fleet, one, dagger shaped vessel that was at least eight times bigger then any other ship in the armada, served as the flagship.
"Kids Next Door, BATTLE STATIONS!" Numbah 362 shouted, sending all Moon Base personnel scrambling to repel the attackers.
On board the flagship, a treaded robot with the same black and red paint scheme as the battleships rolls up to a black throne facing a window, through which the KND Moon Base could be seen. "Lord Mandark." the robot spoke in a deep mechanical voice, "the fleet is within firing range of the Moon base. Shall we commence the attack?"
"Yes. Begin firing at once." Mandark ordered back, never taking his eyes off the station. "HA, HA HA! HA HA, HA, HA HA!"
The Moon Base creaked and rocked from the first barrage. KND fighter had begun launching from the hanger bays, but no ship in the KND arsenal could match the weakest battleship in Mandark's fleet.
"Signal all available Sector's. We need all the help we can get up here!" Numbah 362 ordered, and a distress signal was sent out to all available operatives.
Meanwhile, back on Earth, a glowing green vortex cuts a hole in the fabric of space time inside a small suburban home built in the shadow of a nuclear plant. Mandy steps through the portal, and then travels into the cellar.
Inside the cellar, we find Grim and Billy caught in a massive spider web. Billy is screaming, and Grim is trying to get loose.
"SPIDER, SPIDER, GET THE SPIDER AWAY FROM ME!" Billy shouted, as Jeff the Spider was the one responsible for trapping the two. Instead of his typically happy expression, his face wore a blank stare, and his neck wore a red tie.
Billy's screaming was silenced by a smack across the face from Mandy. "Don't bother screaming Billy. He can't hear you anyway." Mandy spoke coldly.
"What's goin' on girl? And give me back me scythe!" Grim demanded.
"I'm achieving my destiny, that's what! Soon, the Kids Next Door will be destroyed, and from the ashes, my organization will rise. We'll protect children alright. By controlling them!" Mandy explained. "Unfortunately for you Grim, your presence is no longer needed."
"What you talkin bout mon? The Scythe needs a tether on its current plane of existence to maintain its power (I'll admit, that I made up.) You get rid of me, and the Scythe won't be able to do a ting'!" Grim replied.
"You think I don't know that? I've had your replacement selected long before this entire conspiracy even got started!" Mandy responded. "Goodbye Grim. And Billy, nothing personal, but if I leave you on Earth, you'll just mess everything up." the evil little girl added before creating two more vortexes. She quickly stepped through one, while the other sucked up Billy and Grim.
Back in space, Mandark's fleet was swatting away the tiny KND ships like flies. The influx of reinforcements had made no difference, and now the hangers and hospitals on the Moon Base were overflowing with junked ships and wounded pilots.
Back on the bridge, the same robot reports in to Mandark. "Lord Mandark, the puny KND fleet was no match for our armada. Shall we destroy the Moon Base?"
"Not yet. We're to wait for Mandy's command before we destroy the Moon Base. Deploy the boarding parties instead." Mandark ordered.
"It will be done."
Throughout the fleet, ships began firing large, tube shaped missiles towards the Moon Base. They pierced the outer hull and drilled down to the decks, rendering the entire outer defense system useless. The missiles then opened up, and began pouring child villains and Mandark's robots into the base.
The KND where being overwhelmed by Mandark's War-Bots, who's solid steel and high powered lasers were easily a match for the KND operatives's scrapped together mustard and candy launchers.
One group was faring better then others however: the Decommissioning Squad. Not only were they some of the best the KND has to offer in the first place, their leader, the infamous Numbah 86, would simply not let them retreat.
The loudmouth re-head had dug her team in around the Decommissioning Modules, intent on keeping them safe. They had just repealed the sixth wave of opponents when a swirly green vortex appeared and Mandy stepped through.
"That's it, that's it! I want out Mandy!" Kyle, the British wizard exclaimed as he, Bling Bling Boy and Joe Balooka retreated over what was left of their War-Bot team. "I agreed to help you because you promised me a place to live away from those two morons, but you never said anything about fighting some screeching Banshee!"
"If you even think about deserting I'll rip out your eyes." Mandy threatened in an extremely calm, but cold voice, causing Kyle to back off. Then Mandy offered him a space helmet. "Put this on and go through the portal. I need you and Brainfreezer to create an ice field around Mandark's fleet so that no more ships from the surface will get close."
"Hum, it beats dealing with that psycho red-head." Kyle muttered while slipping on the helmet and stepping through the portal.
"Ey, I recognise you!" Numbah 86 exclaimed when she saw Mandy. "As a former Soopreme Leader of the Kids Next Door, you are scheduled for immediate decommissioning!"
"Is she serious?" one of the decommissioning troops asked quietly.
Mandy felt like using the Scythe to send Numbah 86 and her whole team to the plane of eternal torment, but the Scythe's power was draining rapidly without Grim, and she doubted such a feat would be possible at the moment. So she instead used a fraction of the power the other move would require and simply shot a bolt of energy into the ceiling, bringing a portion of it down on the Decommissioning Team.
Their weapons were knocked from their hands, and the operatives were buried from the shoulders down under the rubble. "Know that that's out of the way, I think it's time we inform the world how we will be improving life for kids everywhere." Mandy said.
Outside, the cold vacuum of space was getting a lot colder. Brainfreezer and Kyle had used their respective science/magic to create a massive field of ice fragments that blocked any ships from the surface from attacking Mandark's fleet. A small flotilla of KND vessels hovered outside the ice field.
"We gotta push through there! The Moon Base needs our help!" Numbah 2 exclaimed into his radio. He and Sector V were inside the C.O.O.L.B.U.S., blocked off from the battle like everyone else.
"We can't risk it Numbah 2! The odds of successfully navigating an asteroid field are 3,720 to 1!" Numbah 1 ordered. "And we won't be doing the Moon Base any good by getting ourselves smashed to bits.
Meanwhile, back in the Decommissioning Chamber, Bling Bling Boy had set up a video camera, a microphone and a podium, as well as a transmitter that would link the signal to Mandark's flagship. From their, the powerful broadcasting equipment on board would transmit the signal to every television, computer screen, and Game Boy on earth. When Mandy spoke, she would be addressing the world.
"And we are live in three, two, one!"
"Attention children of the world!" Mandy spoke, her face appearing across every television in the world, being translated into all languages. "For decades, the Kids Next Door have protected you from the tyranny of adults, "fighting" for your rights. But in several short days, I, Mandy, with the aid of other like-minded children, have done more for the safety of children world wide then the Kids Next Door have in their entire existence.
All over the world, Kids Next Door agents watching the broadcast grew wide eyed in horror. "This entire organization has been soft on adults for too long. And now, I'm offering you, the children of the world, a better option."
A short, squarish boy with Orange hair is watching the broadcast on a massive computer screen. "Our team of top child scientists, lead by Mandark, have created entire floating cities for the world's kids to live in."
"Computress, put a trace on this signal."
Inside the Lincoln residence, former KND operative and current Teen Ninja Cree watches with a calculating look on her face. "And, unlike the Kids Next Door, children will not be booted out when they turn thirteen. Children will be free to live their entire lives safe within our cities."
Cree pulled out her phone and dialed a number she knew not to use lightly. "Father, you might want to turn on your television."
Inside the Moon Base, Mandy was nearing the end of her speech. "In fact, as proof of the Kids Next Door's irrelevance, I will now destroy the ultimate enemy of all children everywhere: decommissioning." she spoke, and the camera shifted to show the Decommissioning pods and the trapped Decommissioning Team.
"Joe, if you would do the honors?" Mandy said while pulling out a Balloon Launcher and pointing it at Joe. After a few seconds, she flipped it around so that the handle was pointing towards the crooked cop.
"With pleasure." Joe replied while taking the pistol. He walked slowly over to the still trapped Numbah 86, who was desperately stretching to reach a Mustard Pistol that was just out of reach. Joe paused for a second, then (unnecessarily) kicked the weapon far outside the Chief Commissioner's reach. He then aimed the Balloon Launcher, turned his head, and fired.
The balloon was loaded with Pinkeye, and since he fired at point-blank range, the infection spread immediately, covering most of Numbah 86's face. Mandy looked down on the defeated red-head, then turned back to the camera. "Once the destruction of the Moon Base is complete, the brain wiping of children will be a distant, unpleasant dream. The Kids Next Door no longer have the ability to lord over the children of the world while claiming to protect them. Within 24 hours, a kid-metropolis will be over every state, welcoming any child who is willing to permanently cast off the shackles of adult tyranny and be truly free. I also extend this offer to any Kids Next Door operatives who are willing to renounce their oppressive pasts and serve instead as true defenders of childhood, and work as guards and protectors of the cities." Mandy spoke while behind her, War-Bots could be seen disassembling the Decommissioning Modules.
"Tommorrow will be a golden age for children everywhere." Mandy concluded. "See you there."
"Anddddd CUT!" Bling Bling Boy shouted while turning off the camera. "Perfect!"
"Now that that's over with, it's time for this Moon Base to burn." Mandy declared. She then turned to the nearest robot. "Get me a ship you bucket of bolts."
Several minutes later, a miniature hologram of Mandy appeared on the armrest of Mandark's chair. "All our operatives are off the Moon Base. Turn it to ash." she ordered before the hologram winked out of existence.
Mandark pressed a button on the command chair, broadcasting his voice to all ships. "Open fire on the Moon Base. Full power to all cannons!" he ordered.
"What about the evacuating KND operatives?" the same robot from before asked. Any remaining Kids Next Door forces had decided to take their chances in the Ice Field with their damaged ships then remain on the Moon Base.
"Let them run. Their is nothing they can do now!" Mandark exclaimed before breaking into his signature laugh as his battleships began pulverising the Moon Base.
He was still laughing when the massive, ancient structure crumbled to dust.
Transmission interrupted...
Author's Notes: In what has become the organization's darkest hour, can the Kids Next Door survive? If they're to have any chance of stopping Mandy and her army, they'll have to look beyond their ranks for new allies. But will they be enough to turn the tide? Tune in next time to find out!